Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (Section 40304) | DE FOA 0002966

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (Section 40304) is a U.S. Department of Energy funding opportunity administered through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) that supports the buildout and expansion of carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation infrastructure. In practical terms, this program is aimed at helping move captured CO2 from industrial facilities or power plants to locations where it can be permanently stored or used in ways that keep it from being released to the atmosphere. The focus on "future growth" signals an emphasis on investments that enable scaling, such as increasing capacity, improving connectivity, and extending CO2 transport networks to serve more capture projects over time.

This opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant program and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement typically means DOE expects to have substantial involvement during the project period, such as participating in technical reviews, approving key deliverables, or shaping certain project decisions alongside the awardee. The activity category is Energy, and it is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 81.089, which is commonly used for DOE financial assistance programs. The eligible applicant category is shown as "Others," but the notice also highlights that eligibility is restricted; the detailed eligibility rules are not fully contained in the short synopsis and are instead described in the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), specifically in Section III.A.i. Because of that restriction, applicants need to rely on the FOA language to confirm whether their organization type, project role, and proposed activities qualify.

In terms of funding scale, the opportunity is very large. The award ceiling is listed as $500,000,000, and DOE anticipates making about five awards. That combination suggests a program intended for major, capital-intensive infrastructure projects rather than small studies or pilot efforts. While the synopsis does not list a minimum award size, the ceiling and expected number of awards imply that selected projects could be substantial, potentially involving multi-party development teams, complex permitting and right-of-way work, engineering design, and long-lead procurement. The closing date shown is September 30, 2024, indicating when applications were due under the posting information provided.

The synopsis also notes that Amendment 00002 was issued for this FOA. The purpose of the amendment is administrative and clarifying rather than a complete redesign of the program: it revises DOE's Selection Notification and Award Negotiation dates, and it updates language and Table 5 in Section II.A.i of the FOA. In other words, DOE adjusted parts of the schedule for when applicants would be notified of selection decisions and when award negotiations would occur, and it refined specific descriptive or tabular content in a key section of the announcement. The amendment statement emphasizes that anyone relying on the opportunity should review the FOA document itself to see the exact updated text, since the short description does not reproduce the revised language or the updated table.

Overall, this CIFIA Future Growth Grants opportunity is a high-dollar, infrastructure-oriented DOE competitive funding program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, focused on enabling and expanding CO2 transportation networks. It is managed by NETL, structured as cooperative agreements with DOE involvement, limited by restricted eligibility rules that must be verified in the FOA, and updated through Amendment 00002 to revise timing for selection and negotiations and to adjust specific language and a table in Section II.A.i.

• The National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (Section 40304)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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